today I rise to emphasize the importance of small business funding. Small businesses are the economic engine which drive our prosperity. I would like to thank our chairman, the gentleman from Missouri (Mr. Talent), and I would like to…

every day children, young people, adults and seniors come to these hallowed halls to look to Congress for leadership, to set the example, to show democracy in action, to have a real debate and discussion on juvenile justice, gun control…

What does AIR-21 mean to the Eleventh Congressional District of Ohio? It is paramount to the continued service delivery of goods and services for our Nation's travelers. Further, I believe it is a step in the right direction for America. I…

It is appropriate today that I recognize or memorialize from the 11th Congressional District of Ohio a gentleman by the name of Gus Joiner. Mr. Joiner's funeral is today at the Second Tabernacle Baptist Church in Cleveland, Ohio…

Our theme today is Heritage and Horizons: The African American Legacy and the Challenges of the 21st Century. As we come to the close of the celebrated African American history month, it is a great opportunity for the Congressional Black…

Yesterday, Valentine's Day, in the Eleventh Congressional District of Ohio, we hosted the homegoing celebration of the Reverend Dr. Albert T. Rowan, one of the religious giants in the faith community and on the national level. Dr. Rowan…

Mr. Chairman, although today the sun is shiny and bright outside, it is a rainy, dreary day for American workers. We have left workers out to dry while the umbrellas of safety and seller-manufacturer responsibility have been folded…

If they can support H.R. 2436, they can support the Lofgren substitute, because it protects pregnant women. If they can support H.R. 2436, they can support the Lofgren substitute because it recognizes pregnant women as the primary victim…

the arguments made by the supporters tug at the heart strings of the Nation. Yet we, as legislators, know better. We know that the American people want us to do justice, not just pontificate, or what makes a great sound byte, or as a…

We can no longer ignore the disparities in our school systems and allow young people to suffer in crammed, outdated public school buildings. Daily, Americans are forced to send their children to schools with leaky roofs and unsafe…

the subject, Social Security, is on the minds of our constituents. Citizens want to know if there will be a system when they need it, and they want to know how the system impacts them as individuals, as family members, and as tax payers…

I rise in support of our Nation's teachers. I am a graduate of the Cleveland Public School System of Cleveland, Ohio. I can remember all the wonderful teachers that were my teachers. From kindergarten, I can remember Ms. Chapman's name…

I rise in support of H.R. 156, to commend, thank and congratulate the Reverend Jesse Jackson and his delegation and the gentleman from Illinois (Mr. Rod Blagojevich) for securing the release of the three American soldiers. There has been…

I rise to welcome Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated to Delta Days on Capitol Hill. If my colleagues will look up in the viewing area, there are some 550 Deltas here on the Hill. This is our tenth anniversary, and we have come to…

As a member of the baby boom generation, I have benefitted from social changes that have made it easier for women to achieve success in the work force. Women of my generation have enjoyed opportunity never realized by previous generations…

Mr. Speaker, I rise today in this great Chamber to talk about a report recently aired on my local NBC affiliate, News Channel 3. The report highlighted ritalin and the role this drug now plays in the lives of students in northeast Ohio…

I stand here, and I say, on the shoulders of the great Congressman Louis Stokes of the 11th Congressional District of Ohio. I stand here bringing this special order, part of the tradition he began here in Congress. There are not many…

I rise today, my first opportunity to speak from this well, on a solemn note, to memorialize and make part of the Congressional Record the life of the late Ronald Donnell Walker, the husband of my sister, Barbara Walker, and my…